PPT-The Illusion of Mental Pictures

Zenon Pylyshyn Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science httpruccsrutgersedufacultypylyshynhtml The illusion of mental pictures There is no question that we all but about 2 of us experience mental images and in some sense use them to recall anticipate and enjoy life in the absence of the things and people that we imagine. Trans R Soc Lond B 1997 352 11211128 Department of Psychology University of Bristol 8 Woodland Road Bristol BS8 1TA UK Summary Following Hermann von Helmholtz who described visual perceptions as unconscious inferences from sensory data and knowledge May 2010. Has . race. ever crossed your mind?. What is race?. What does it mean to be biracial?. Is race an illusion?. Is there a social meaning of race?. What is a . master race. and who makes it?. Stage 1, . Module 5. Copyright © 2011 Ted Dudley . Objectives. For the student to understand the factors which affect the physiology of flight. To become familiar with the regulations which govern the student and private pilot, and general aviation flight. Groundschool. Session 2. Human Factors, Aerodynamic Factors, Flight . Instruments (IFH Chapters 3&. 4. ). Human Factors. The aspects of human factors of most concern to Instrument flight are sensory illusions related to the lack of visual reference encountered . Do you know the legend about the pot at the end of the rainbow?. Rainbows can be circular. . How is this image similar our perception of rainbows?. Do you think that you could ever reach the end of the rainbow? . Load your pictures: . Open your email and save each picture to your computer. I suggest saving to the My Documents or My Images folder. . OR. Place your thumb drive in the computer and leave it there. . Imagine that you are outside on a clear night in which there are no clouds, and there is a bright FULL MOON. Pretend that on a table in front of you are objects that range in size from a BB to a beach ball as follows:. Levitation. Harrison Ford and a Lemons. Katy Perry and a Rabbit?. Beach . trick. Ripping Bodies apart. Compare: African Shaman (from Ch. . 6. ). Tricking Police. Illusion vs. Magic vs. Sorcery. Illusion. Twelfth Night. Introduction. As the dream-like setting Illyria, . Twelfth Night . is constructed by illusion and delusion. Through Viola’s disguise, . Twelfth Night . presents the blurred boundary of sexuality and gender. In the mirroring world of Illyria, characters as well as the audience is trapped in the illusion and delusion and the similarity that Shakespeare cunningly manipulates. . How does your brain perceive objects?. What is it?. Duck or bunny. Count the black dots.. Are the lines straight or diagonal?. What is it?. Man playing horn, or a woman’s face?. What is it?. Skull or woman looking into a mirror?. 1. BB 2. Pea 3. Dime. 4. Penny 5. Nickel 6. Quarter. 7. Golf ball 8. Baseball 9. Softball. 10. Small salad plate 11. Large dinner plate 12. Frisbee. 13. Basketball 14. Beach ball. Please pretend that you are going to pick one of these things that WHEN HELD AT ARM’S LENGTH JUST COVERS UP THE MOON. Imagine that you are picking one that when you hold it in your hand will JUST BARELY COVER UP THE MOON so that you can no longer see it.. Vocabulary Week 7 Root: Lud / Lus Meaning: play/trick Vocabulary Words Illusion Ludicrous Delude Include Exclude Collude Measure Prelude Allude Infer ALLUDE [v] to hint at or suggest Ms. Paris’ Illusion-. Allusion-. Draw a line ½ way between the paper. #19. Illusion-. . something that is (or likely) wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses (a distortion of the senses). a deceptive appearance or impression. Jay L Garfield. Smith College. Harvard Divinity . School. Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies. University of Melbourne. Four Classes. Selves and Persons: Why you are a Person, not a Self. The Self Strikes Back.